Well, for those of you who made it here for our Big Brew 2013 event on May 4th, you know that it was a huge success. We put a lot of effort into planning the event this year, and we truly hope it was as fun for you as it was for us! In total, 25+ batches of beer were brewed (and a mead) in our parking lot. It was like “homebrew tailgating” as people brought tents, food, drinks, and made a day out of it. The threat of rain was looming all week prior to the event, but with the combined will power of all the brewers (and I’m sure wind helped out as well), the storm took a 90 degree turn south and just missed us! The day was capped off with the global toast to homebrew given by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard! Here are some pictures from the day, taken by Sarah Hodgin.
In addition to all the brewing festivities, we had other events going on throughout the day that were also very exciting:
- Cheese making 101 class taught by our very own Jenny Kraner
- An off-flavor seminar hosted by yours truly where attendees learned to identify the most common off-flavors in beer
- Several BJCP certified judges helped with our “Ask-a-Judge” event, where homebrewers had the chance to get their beer evaluated by a BJCP judge
- Kyle Kohlmorgen gave his presentation: Methods of Creating and Maintaining a ‘Wild’ House Culture. He will be giving the same presentation at this year’s National Homebrew Conference
- Bier Brewery sold pints of their awesomeness, and BBQ’n Fools provided food
Wow, what a day. We here at Great Fermentations had a blast, and we hope everyone else did as well. Thanks to all who made it out and to those who helped out. We’re already looking forward to next year!
Cheers!
Anita
